[New-imc] RE:[imc-commwork] Fwd: [Imc-communication] IDEA: reviving irc

Fri Mar 8 03:53:01 PST 2002

hey jay, and lists
so there were two night thoughts in two different lists :)
phoning is cool, seems nearer, but is expensive, the people who can 
afford
it should call others sometimes...
but the bi-monthly meetings sounds great and important. why does it 
not
becomes a proposal?
:)
dri
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Subject: [imc-commwork] Fwd: [Imc-communication] IDEA: reviving irc
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> >SUMMARY:
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> >Idea to start having bi-monthly network-wide IRC meetings as a way 
to
> >solidify our sense of being a network.  This meeting wouldn't be 
to make
> >decisions, but rather would be a time for each IMC and global 
working
group
> >to post a short summary of what it has been doing, and for people 
to
raise
> >issues for us to discuss throughout the network for the next couple
months.
> >
> >***
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >Long time no see, I know.  I haven't disappeared completely, I've 
just
been
> >away from the computer more than usual.  To be honest, that has 
been a
> >really healthy thing.  Lots of ideas about communication finally 
coming
> >together here lately.  I especially like Anna's and Christopher's 
recent
> >posts on the matter, but I'll address that in a different 
message.  What
> >I'd like to do here is to raise the IDEA (not yet a proposal, just 
an
idea)
> >to start having bi-monthly, network-wide IRC meetings.
> >
> >In February I had the chance to get to Brazil for the World Social 
Forum,
> >which was a lot of fun, especially in the fact that I got a chance 
to
meet
> >a lot of Indymedia people who previously had just been names on the
screen.
> >  In Brazil there were a lot of Indymedia people and a lot of 
discussions
> >(as you can imagine) about how to solve network-related problems.  
Many
> >concerns come from the fact that, though we say we're a network, 
for many
> >local IMCs we don't FEEL like a network.  They don't participate in
global
> >communications and decisions, and really, why should they?  Who 
has time
> >for all these circular e-mails that don't accomplish much of 
anything?
Why
> >participate in something that only takes time away from other 
things and
> >doesn't even give you a real sense of solidarity?  I was thinking 
about
> >this problem and realized that the time I felt most like we were 
working
> >together as a network, other than at convergences like the WSF 
when there
> >are people from a dozen IMCs in one physical place, was when we 
were
having
> >those IRC meetings many months ago.  I thought being on-line with 
so many
> >people from around the world was really inspiring.  For a while 
there it
> >looked as if we were going to start solidifying ourselves into a
regularly
> >communcating group.  Unfortunately the time wasn't right.  Also, I 
think
we
> >were too ambitious, trying to have meetings so regularly.  Never 
hurts to
> >be too ambitious, just sometimes the time isn't right.
> >
> >My thought is that one way to jump start our network consciosness 
again
> >will be to start having IRC meetings again.  The idea is to have
bi-monthly
> >meetings -- every two months sounds better and more doable than 
every
> >month.  We would have each IMC choose a liaison, and that person 
would
come
> >prepared with a one paragraph summary of what his/her IMC is doing.
After
> >the personal introduction of the liaison ("hi everyone, I'm jay 
from
> >Philadelphia, really glad to be here"), s/he will summarize 
his/her IMC's
> >progress report.  (we can have working groups give their reports 
too)
> >After doing that, s/he will send it along to the imc-summaries 
list, or
to
> >someone who will compile all the summaries after the meeting so 
they go
out
> >that night to the summaries list and to all the imc contacts.  
After
> >summaries, we'll have a time for IMCs to raise questions and 
concerns
about
> >the network, along with suggestions of how to fix the problems and 
a
place
> >where the discussion will take place ("imc-uruguay can't read all 
this
> >english.  We propose a word limit on e-mails sent to the process 
list so
> >people keep their messages short.  We'll put this proposal on
> >imc-communications for discussion").  We won't actually discuss, 
let
alone
> >decide upon any of these issues during the meeting, but they will 
form
the
> >basis of network-wide discussions during the next couple months.  
After
the
> >meeting there can be chat rooms for people to talk with each other 
and to
> >brainstorm solutions to our problems.  In practical terms the 
meetings
> >itself won't accomplish much, being that they would just be a time 
for
> >everyone to give updates to each other and raise concerns, but I 
think
> >having them would be really exciting and would help us in many 
intangible
> >ways by making us feel like a network.
> >
> >So, what do you all think of this idea?  I'm kind of excited about 
the
> >possibilities.
> >
> >Jay
> >
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